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bill clinton. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. impeached after the lewinsky mess. . that's trouble for roughly 100% of reelected presidents since 1972. enough to give you second thoughts about that second term. so, is there anything the obama team can do to prevent this? now, as bill clinton might say -- >> it depends upon what the meaning of the word is. >> the fact is, if there is going to be a second term scandal, it's seeds were probably sewn in the first term. the watergate break in, nixon's first term -- >> if the obama team was going to mess up, history suggests they already did. maybe it's something that has made headlines already, but maybe not, the lewinsky scandal didn't surface in 1998, maybe the obama administration will make it's own history and avoid a second term scandal. if not, disney world will seem very appealing. >> in the president's news conference, he said he was well aware of the history of presidential overreach in second terms. you get the sense of anyone that much aware of presidential history knows tha
bill clinton. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. impeached after the lewinsky mess. . that's trouble for roughly 100% of reelected presidents since 1972. enough to give you second thoughts about that second term. so, is there anything the obama team can do to prevent this? now, as bill clinton might say -- >> it depends upon what the meaning of the word is. >> the fact is, if there is going to be a second term scandal, it's seeds were probably sewn in the...
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bill clinton's liaison with lewinsky, first term. the actual plame leaks, first term. so if the obama team was going to mess up, history suggests, they already did. maybe it's something that has made headlines already, but maybe not. remember, the lewinsky scandal didn't surface until 1998. maybe the obama administration will make its own history and avoid a second-term scandal. but if not, disney world may seem very appealing. you know, it was interesting, in the president's news conference, he said he was well aware of the history of presidential overreach in second terms. that's a little bit of a different subject, but you get the sense that anyone that much aware of presidential history knows that second-term scandals can be a problem and most likely will be really, really careful. wolf? >> john berman, thank you.
bill clinton's liaison with lewinsky, first term. the actual plame leaks, first term. so if the obama team was going to mess up, history suggests, they already did. maybe it's something that has made headlines already, but maybe not. remember, the lewinsky scandal didn't surface until 1998. maybe the obama administration will make its own history and avoid a second-term scandal. but if not, disney world may seem very appealing. you know, it was interesting, in the president's news conference,...
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bill clinton appeals to both. >> how much do you think that bill clinton speaking out so forcefully for barack obama right now has to do more possibly with president clinton in 2016? >> no, i don't think so. >> i would vote less possible. i don't mean not at all, but i vote less possible. clinton's a democrat. he wants this democratic president to succeed. and if that also potentially helps his wife down the line, if she decides -- she says she's not interested, but if she changes her mind, so be it. >> if the economy starts to recover in obama's second term, you're better off with a democrat in the white house than mitt romney running for re-election. by the way, bill clinton, elizabeth warren, very different messages. a reminder that bill clinton is still -- barack obama and bill clinton are still not exactly on the same page about how you build a majority coalition and how inclusive you are versus how confrontational. >> and clinton is the great conciliator, and that is not president obama. he's never been known as a great conciliator. so different agendas. >> thanks very much. good
bill clinton appeals to both. >> how much do you think that bill clinton speaking out so forcefully for barack obama right now has to do more possibly with president clinton in 2016? >> no, i don't think so. >> i would vote less possible. i don't mean not at all, but i vote less possible. clinton's a democrat. he wants this democratic president to succeed. and if that also potentially helps his wife down the line, if she decides -- she says she's not interested, but if she...
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latinos love bill clinton. african-americans love bill clinton. young people love bill clinton. he'll help with independence and working class voters. also on policy. bill clinton was basically the architect of the biggest economic expansion in a generation, and one of the reasons he did that was by implementing the same policies that president obama wants to do. >> here is a statement that the romney campaign put out. i'll read it to you this is from the romney campaign. after four years of trillion dollar deficits and anemic economic growth, it's clear president obama would love to run on president clinton's record in office, but no amount of showmanship can paper over the differences between these two presidents. america deserves a president willing to run on his own record, not the record he wishes he had. the question to you is what do you think about all of this? what do you think about bill clinton coming to the convention and really going to try to energize the democratic base to get president obama reelected? >> first of all, bill clinton is a very popular president. he
latinos love bill clinton. african-americans love bill clinton. young people love bill clinton. he'll help with independence and working class voters. also on policy. bill clinton was basically the architect of the biggest economic expansion in a generation, and one of the reasons he did that was by implementing the same policies that president obama wants to do. >> here is a statement that the romney campaign put out. i'll read it to you this is from the romney campaign. after four years...
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i have deep respect for bill clinton. they should listen to bill clinton. bill clinton was the president in the early '90s who said we have to do something about the deficits and it will mean the wealthy will have to pay a little more and not one republican in congress supported him and he got it done. we were left in a surplus and in the next decade we had two unfunded wars and a medicaid prescription program and they left for this president, huge deficits and an economic crisis. they should listen to president clinton. he was right back in the '90s and we should be investing in education, research and development and energy and the kinds of things that will grow our economy, not going back to the policies of the last decade. >> but did he cause the re-election campaign some heartburn by suggesting that mitt romney's sterling reputation at bain capital coming on the heels of those ads. >> the question he's answered, wolf, is he qualified? >> he's call qualified to be president. is he qualified to call himself the economic oracle that he does. when you run
i have deep respect for bill clinton. they should listen to bill clinton. bill clinton was the president in the early '90s who said we have to do something about the deficits and it will mean the wealthy will have to pay a little more and not one republican in congress supported him and he got it done. we were left in a surplus and in the next decade we had two unfunded wars and a medicaid prescription program and they left for this president, huge deficits and an economic crisis. they should...
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bill clinton had two. but there could be a bunch in a hurry. justice ginsburg is the most likely to leave. and if president obama wins, that wouldn't change the balance of five republicans and four democrats. but if the five-to-four balance shifts, you could see dramatic dramatic changes in the court. it all depends on who leaves. >> do you simply assume president obama would name someone like sonja sot ma yor or clarence thomas for that matter? can you just assume those would be the possibilities, the probabilities if you will? >> that is precisely what i would assume. you know, there's a mythology about the court that presidents often are surprised by how their justices turn out. but you know, that is very much the exception rather than the rule. if you look at the justices currently on the court right now, every single one of them has turned out more or less as predicted. sure there are individual cases, there are surprises. i certainly was surprised by chief justice roberts' vote in the affordable care act case. but by and large presidents
bill clinton had two. but there could be a bunch in a hurry. justice ginsburg is the most likely to leave. and if president obama wins, that wouldn't change the balance of five republicans and four democrats. but if the five-to-four balance shifts, you could see dramatic dramatic changes in the court. it all depends on who leaves. >> do you simply assume president obama would name someone like sonja sot ma yor or clarence thomas for that matter? can you just assume those would be the...
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he joins people like bill clinton, nancy pelosi, ed rendell, new york senator jill brand and republicans talking about it. google hillary clinton 2016 you get more than five million hits. for her part, mrs. clinton insists the answer's no. she's finishing her term as secretary of state. leave as one of the most popular members of the obama administration. clinton talks about how she's been in the political spotlight for 20 years. and she wants her life back. fair enough. says she wants to sleep, relax. okay. but what about after that? while hillary clinton has repeatedly said she won't run for president again, this is the same woman who says politics is in her dna. she is after all a clinton. and with a resume that includes secretary of state, senator, first lady, well, a democratic nomination is probably hers for the taking if she wants it. vice president joe biden's keeping the door open to a possible 2016 presidential run although he recently acknowledged it might depend on the economy. a memo to the vice president might also depend on hillary clinton. here's the question, is hillary
he joins people like bill clinton, nancy pelosi, ed rendell, new york senator jill brand and republicans talking about it. google hillary clinton 2016 you get more than five million hits. for her part, mrs. clinton insists the answer's no. she's finishing her term as secretary of state. leave as one of the most popular members of the obama administration. clinton talks about how she's been in the political spotlight for 20 years. and she wants her life back. fair enough. says she wants to...
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if the republicans actually start implementing some plans -- bill clinton is one of the most popular politicians, with 65% approval rating. the only other politician -- well, she's not really a politician, but our first lady, michelle obama, she's also popular. so to have bill clinton out there talking about the choice in this election, laying out the vision, it's a net plus for president obama and democrats who hope to win back the house and senate. >> i want your quick reaction to these new polls that are just out on some of the key battleground states. i'll put them up beginning in florida. it's very, very close within the margin of error. 49 obama, 46 romney. slightly closer than august 1st. let's go to ohio right now. look at this, it's still obama 50 to 44, ahead in ohio, very much the same as it was on august 1st. let's take a look at wisconsin, a little bit of a bounce thanks to paul ryan. right now 49-47 for obama in wisconsin. it was 51-45 august 8th. it looks like it's narrowing in those key battleground states. how worried should the obama team be? >> we know there's a lo
if the republicans actually start implementing some plans -- bill clinton is one of the most popular politicians, with 65% approval rating. the only other politician -- well, she's not really a politician, but our first lady, michelle obama, she's also popular. so to have bill clinton out there talking about the choice in this election, laying out the vision, it's a net plus for president obama and democrats who hope to win back the house and senate. >> i want your quick reaction to these...
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we came together, you know, around with bill clinton, forgotten middle class. that was a particular moment in time. and bill clinton kind of represented the kind of identification with and would fight his heart out for those people. but what we found, people now recognize this is like a three-decade period of income decline, jobs going overseas, personal debt and public debt. and it's -- you know, people know there's a big long-term problem. and they're looking for the elites to pay attention. and i think they're paying attention. i think when mitt romney says now it's a kick in the gut when he looks at the job reports for the middle class and the president is now speaking to the middle class. >> here's what you write in the book, james, you write, maybe obama needs to go to the convention in charlotte and say to his opponent, let's concede he will not raise taxes and i will. he's not taken any positions yet and in fact he's promised to cut taxes on the wealthy. i will raise taxes on the wealthy. is it ever smart to tell the american people you're going to rais
we came together, you know, around with bill clinton, forgotten middle class. that was a particular moment in time. and bill clinton kind of represented the kind of identification with and would fight his heart out for those people. but what we found, people now recognize this is like a three-decade period of income decline, jobs going overseas, personal debt and public debt. and it's -- you know, people know there's a big long-term problem. and they're looking for the elites to pay attention....
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bill clinton on mitt romney and the 47%. the former president talks to cnn's pierce morgan about the republican nominee and why the debates could make all the difference. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody c
bill clinton on mitt romney and the 47%. the former president talks to cnn's pierce morgan about the republican nominee and why the debates could make all the difference. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most...
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clinton, i don't know if he really does, but he seems to love bill clinton and sees bill clinton as a huge asset towards november, especially in states like florida or ohio and several other battlegrounds. >> well, you mentioned bill clinton, it's like republicans mentioning ronald reagans. those are better times than now. the thing i'm struck by in those remarks is this president has lost the plot on having an economic policy. he has a fiscal policy. fiscal refers to the government's treasury, surpluses, deficits. economics refers to the overall growth of the economy. the fiscal problem is a subset of the economic problem. fix the economy, if a government finances follow. and obama is now trapped in doing what the republicans unfortunately have also unwisely done which is to put the lesser problem at the head of the cue and to forget the greater problem. >> you agree, i assume, that bill clinton to the democrats is what ronald reagan is to the republicans? >> well, i would to a certain extent in that what president ama wants to do is actually have people remember the good times. and
clinton, i don't know if he really does, but he seems to love bill clinton and sees bill clinton as a huge asset towards november, especially in states like florida or ohio and several other battlegrounds. >> well, you mentioned bill clinton, it's like republicans mentioning ronald reagans. those are better times than now. the thing i'm struck by in those remarks is this president has lost the plot on having an economic policy. he has a fiscal policy. fiscal refers to the government's...
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this all started sort of 1994, bill clinton passed the assault weapons ban. he really went to the mat on that and passed it. then you saw in polling numbers of people that want to protect gun rights really started going up, because people started being afraid. now you look at what's going on, you see the obama administration afraid of losing rural voters, afraid of losing blue collar voters, afraid of losing independent voters, afraid of losing voters that are anti-big government. i would make the case they probably didn't have a lot of those voters anyway. they don't want to risk losing independents. >> you heard from democrats on the hill today, they said they're waiting for the silent majority to speak up to make congress act. >> they're waiting for somebody else to have the courage to do what they don't have the courage to do. part of it is timidity on behalf of democrats that support gun control, don't want to say so, don't want to risk rural voters. al gore lot of people say lost tennessee, west virginia. i give you a half dozen reason the president of
this all started sort of 1994, bill clinton passed the assault weapons ban. he really went to the mat on that and passed it. then you saw in polling numbers of people that want to protect gun rights really started going up, because people started being afraid. now you look at what's going on, you see the obama administration afraid of losing rural voters, afraid of losing blue collar voters, afraid of losing independent voters, afraid of losing voters that are anti-big government. i would make...
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i sat down with bill clinton at the global initiative in chicago. i have to ask you if he's learned lessons from the stumbles from the obama campaign. here's what he told me. >> i'm very sorry about what happened yesterday. it was what i thought something had to be done on the fiscal cliff before the election. apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year, so i think he should just stick with his position. >> do you buy that? everybody who knows bill clinton he's a policy wonk if there ever were one. do you think something had to be done before the election or before the end of the calendar year? >> if you want something to happen before the end of the year, getting it done before the election would be a good idea. i think he fell into a slightly different track. there's a part of him that wants to be an elder statesman, and he was trying to be an above the fray person ask then you want the intimacy orred white house from being in the fight. you forkeds for president clinton. you were with him at the clinton global initiative. those
i sat down with bill clinton at the global initiative in chicago. i have to ask you if he's learned lessons from the stumbles from the obama campaign. here's what he told me. >> i'm very sorry about what happened yesterday. it was what i thought something had to be done on the fiscal cliff before the election. apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year, so i think he should just stick with his position. >> do you buy that? everybody who knows bill clinton he's a...
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former president bill clinton was on hand to kick off production and congratulate long-time friend mcauliffe. >> it really matters that you can come to mississippi and come up with a new technology that offers the prospect of providing a product at an affordable price. >> let's bring in terry mcauliffe and haley barbour right now. terry, let's talk about politics first, a subject close to your heart. you're a former chairman of the democratic national committee. haley barbour is a former chairman of the republican national committee. is president obama doing the right thing now, wanting to raise taxes on families making more than $250,000 a year? >> well, i think what he said today, the point is let's get those people making $250,000 and less, which are 98% of the population, let's go ahead, republicans, democrats agree that they ought to keep the tax cuts. let's do that, get that off the table. the issue of the top 2% is much more contentionious. probably not before the election. let's take care of those 9%. >> do you think in terms of economic recovery sort of fragile, is it smart to raise
former president bill clinton was on hand to kick off production and congratulate long-time friend mcauliffe. >> it really matters that you can come to mississippi and come up with a new technology that offers the prospect of providing a product at an affordable price. >> let's bring in terry mcauliffe and haley barbour right now. terry, let's talk about politics first, a subject close to your heart. you're a former chairman of the democratic national committee. haley barbour is a...
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clinton. and of course the president of the united states himself. much more on the political story coming up. but right now i want to get to the situation in iran. there are reports it may be getting much closer to a nuclear weapons capability. the united nations' nuclear watchdog reports iran has boosted production of high grade enriched uranium which could be used for a bomb and making suspicious changes to a key military base. could this trigger an israeli attack? and will the obama administration be forced to act? the "new york times" david sanger has reported extensively on this story. his new book is entitled "confront and conceal." david is joining us now. david, thanks very much for coming in. here's the question. how close is iran to having that capacity to produce nuclear weapons? >> well, wolf, as we've discussed before, to build a nuclear weapon you really need three things. you need the fuel, you need the knowledge of how to put it together and a way to develop it. what the iaea
clinton. and of course the president of the united states himself. much more on the political story coming up. but right now i want to get to the situation in iran. there are reports it may be getting much closer to a nuclear weapons capability. the united nations' nuclear watchdog reports iran has boosted production of high grade enriched uranium which could be used for a bomb and making suspicious changes to a key military base. could this trigger an israeli attack? and will the obama...
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ambassador bill richardson. he served during the clinton administration. governor, ambassador, i don't know what to call you anymore. thanks for coming in. >> nice to be with you, wolf. >> i'm going to play this clip, senator mccain, a man you know quite well, and the president arguing over susan rice. >> we will do whatever's necessary to block the nomination that's within our power as far as susan rice is concern. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and to besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> pretty extraordinary you see a president get into a fight like this with senators mccain and lindsey graham. >> this is really unfortunate especially since it's only a few days after the election. we thought that bipartisanship was coming back especially in foreign policy. i know susan ri
ambassador bill richardson. he served during the clinton administration. governor, ambassador, i don't know what to call you anymore. thanks for coming in. >> nice to be with you, wolf. >> i'm going to play this clip, senator mccain, a man you know quite well, and the president arguing over susan rice. >> we will do whatever's necessary to block the nomination that's within our power as far as susan rice is concern. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want...
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in it they've got a nice clip from the former president, your former boss, bill clinton. let me play it for you. >> he took the harder and more honorable path when i saw what had happened, i thought to myself, i hope that's the call i would have made. >> the road we've traveled. he's talks about the decision the president made to go ahead and kill bin laden. how important do you think president clinton will be in terms of the re-election process? how active or important will he be for president obama's re-election campaign? >> president clinton is possibly the most popular national figure in the country and his testimony helps. bob gates is hardly a democrat and he's said this was the most calls he's gotten in public service. and i think the president made a courageous and difficult decision and i think he's entitled to credit for that decision. i think people will give him that credit. i don't know. that doesn't assure his re-election any more than world war ii to assure churchill got elected. but it certainly was a courageous call and everybody acknowledges that and it'
in it they've got a nice clip from the former president, your former boss, bill clinton. let me play it for you. >> he took the harder and more honorable path when i saw what had happened, i thought to myself, i hope that's the call i would have made. >> the road we've traveled. he's talks about the decision the president made to go ahead and kill bin laden. how important do you think president clinton will be in terms of the re-election process? how active or important will he be...
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earlier today he accused president obama of trying to gut one of bill clinton's signature legislative achievements, namely welfare reform. he unleashed this line of attack in mr. obama's home turf of illinois earlier this morning. here's what he had to say. >> i hope you understand that president obama in just the last few days has tried to reverse that accomplishment by taking the work requirement out of welfare. that is wrong. if i'm president, i'll put work back in welfare. >> reporter: now, all of this got started earlier this morning when the romney campaign released a new tv ad that seized on a memo that was issued by the department of health and human services last month. that memo basically was designed to provide waivers to states in implementing the welfare program. all of this drew a harsh response from the white house, which says the memo itself points out that the goal at the department of health and human services is to get more people back to work. and here's the take from white house press secretary jay carney. >> let me say that this advertisement is categorically fal
earlier today he accused president obama of trying to gut one of bill clinton's signature legislative achievements, namely welfare reform. he unleashed this line of attack in mr. obama's home turf of illinois earlier this morning. here's what he had to say. >> i hope you understand that president obama in just the last few days has tried to reverse that accomplishment by taking the work requirement out of welfare. that is wrong. if i'm president, i'll put work back in welfare. >>...
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ryan, this relationship that he's had with bill clinton, he's bringing bill clinton pretty aggressively in the final few days. what does he hope bill clinton can achieve for him? >> one thing to point out, wolf, before i get to that is one of the people on the ballot i mentioned before is bobby rush. it's a week of old rivals for president obama. bobby rush is still the only candidate that's ever beaten barack obama in an election. >> he's the incumbent democratic congressman from the first congressional district in chicago. >> that's right. in fact, after redistricting in illinois, bobby rush and some of the other democrats actually carved obama's house out of that district so he couldn't challenge him the next time around. you know, bill clinton what he brings, one, he's the best communicator in the democratic party. which i think partially is an indictment of some of the other democrats because there seems to be a general consensus that clinton makes the case better for this white house and the president than anyone else can. and then as stu was talking in the piece before, he's very
ryan, this relationship that he's had with bill clinton, he's bringing bill clinton pretty aggressively in the final few days. what does he hope bill clinton can achieve for him? >> one thing to point out, wolf, before i get to that is one of the people on the ballot i mentioned before is bobby rush. it's a week of old rivals for president obama. bobby rush is still the only candidate that's ever beaten barack obama in an election. >> he's the incumbent democratic congressman from...
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tax rate for the wealthy from 35% to 39.6%, which it was during the bill clinton administration. will the democrats -- and you know the democrats in the house and the senate and the president go along with these serious cuts in spending in entitlements, for example, medicare, social security, medicaid, all those spending cuts that the democrats usually hate. >> first of all, i want to tell my friend, dana, i believe the democrats have a mandate. we don't have to sit around for the next two years and listen to the republicans whine and complain about tax cuts going up. president obama extended the bush tax cuts for two years. he's put forward a grand bargain. republicans reject that had. the democrats defeated 16 republican incumbents last week. i think the house democrats will be in a position to work with mr. boehner to try to get the votes. mr. boehner has never been able to deliver the votes without ms. pelosi and the democrats delivering those votes. i think the democratic position is to come up with a fair and balanced proposal to not raise taxes on the middle class and to n
tax rate for the wealthy from 35% to 39.6%, which it was during the bill clinton administration. will the democrats -- and you know the democrats in the house and the senate and the president go along with these serious cuts in spending in entitlements, for example, medicare, social security, medicaid, all those spending cuts that the democrats usually hate. >> first of all, i want to tell my friend, dana, i believe the democrats have a mandate. we don't have to sit around for the next...
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clinton -- forget about hillary clinton, bill clinton to the re-election of president obama? >> i think he is important, wolf. he helps with the democratic base. he helps with demographic groups that obama doesn't do well, for example, white males, working-class females. he's an idol, an icon of the democratic party. you know, people want to see his shoulder next to barack obama's shoulder. >> talk a little bit about this from the ea fraternity of these presidents. >> it's a wonderful book by nancy and michael. they realize this long history of how presidents have this exclusive and elite club where they realize, you know what? only someone who has sat in that chair understands what it's like for someone else to do that and they actually need to help each other and it's beyond party, it's beyond partisanship and obama has called on jimmy carter, on bill clinton, on bush 41 and bush 43. there's a lovely anecdote about bush 41 being invited to the white house and making president obama laugh. >> nancy gibbs and michael duffy have done a fabulous, fabulous job. i haven't read it
clinton -- forget about hillary clinton, bill clinton to the re-election of president obama? >> i think he is important, wolf. he helps with the democratic base. he helps with demographic groups that obama doesn't do well, for example, white males, working-class females. he's an idol, an icon of the democratic party. you know, people want to see his shoulder next to barack obama's shoulder. >> talk a little bit about this from the ea fraternity of these presidents. >> it's a...
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clinton in 1996. >> you want to weigh in? >> well, the buzz among the democratic strategist today is, look, we spent the whole campaign trying to tie the ryan budget to romney. but the problem, bill burton, for instance, said this today. he runs the pro obama super pac. voters do not believe romney would support something as extreme at the ryan budget. democrats argue he's done our homework for us. he's allowed us to tie very controversial policies to mitt romney when previously they couldn't do it. >> are you among those, ron -- i think i know the answer -- who believes the differences between the obama campaign, the obama position and the romney position on the issues, not necessarily is great as some are suggest sng. >> no. i think they are. i think one thing the selection of ryan is going to do is put more pressure on president obama to give us a better sense of what he would do in a second term. he's been light on the details. in many ways the best we know is from the reporting of the deal he seemed to will willing to cu
clinton in 1996. >> you want to weigh in? >> well, the buzz among the democratic strategist today is, look, we spent the whole campaign trying to tie the ryan budget to romney. but the problem, bill burton, for instance, said this today. he runs the pro obama super pac. voters do not believe romney would support something as extreme at the ryan budget. democrats argue he's done our homework for us. he's allowed us to tie very controversial policies to mitt romney when previously...
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president bill clinton "outfront." let's go. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett live tonight from rwanda where i spent the day with former president bill clinton. we talked about a lot of things. he spent some time visiting some projects. some farms and some factories where he had spent a lot of time over the past few years. with the likes, in fact, of nascar famous driver jeff gordon. also i saw the president at a soy factory he's bringing in the countryside. he arrived with his daughter chelsea. shaking everybody's hand and taking pictures with everybody who asked. and he asked a lot of questions himself. >> whenever i hear somebody say oh, these small farmers, they're just inefficient, they can't generate income, i just decided to see if that was not necessarily true. and so we get 'em cheaper and better seed and fertilizer, get their crops to m
president bill clinton "outfront." let's go. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett live tonight from rwanda where i spent the day with former president bill clinton. we talked about a lot of things. he spent some time visiting some projects. some farms and some factories where he had spent a lot of time over the past few years. with the likes, in fact, of nascar famous driver jeff gordon. also i saw the president at a soy factory he's bringing in the countryside. he...
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we all know bill clinton will smile at any photo op that's given. there's a code, it doesn't make you look good if you're seen in a photograph smiling next to a dictator who's got a reputation for torture and killing his own people. >> even with these latest, kind of humorous-looking pictures, there's some substance around them, is there? >> that's right. you look at all these, but you have to realize, there might be a method. this is all an effort by kim jong-un to show his country in a different light. but it is stl a very big question whether this 29-year-old leader is going to be able to accomplish the kind of reform we're talking about here, or whether the old guard from the old regime will win out and keep this country a very safe -- i mean, a very strange and a very hostile place. >> great report, brian. we'll stay tuned for more strange pictures coming out of north korean. brian todd, thank you, so much. i am kate balduan. hope you had a great day. you're in "the situation room." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next,
we all know bill clinton will smile at any photo op that's given. there's a code, it doesn't make you look good if you're seen in a photograph smiling next to a dictator who's got a reputation for torture and killing his own people. >> even with these latest, kind of humorous-looking pictures, there's some substance around them, is there? >> that's right. you look at all these, but you have to realize, there might be a method. this is all an effort by kim jong-un to show his country...
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in addition to bill clinton. mitt romney is going to speak, barack obama is going to speak. not surprising that the president is going to be at the bill clinton event, but mitt romney a little intriguing. what's going on? >> well, again, as i was saying before, i think cgi, the clinton global initiative is a worldwide platform. and it's nonpolitical. it's nonpartisan. he's looking to do the most good around the world as possible. it doesn't have a political point of view. he's trying to leverage philanthropy to help people around the world. i think it's smart, frankly, for governor romney to go there. it shows that he's concerned about those issues. and as you mentioned, wolf, clinton's own personal popularity is so high. it probably wouldn't be bad to have clinton put his arm around his shoulder and have everybody see that. >> do you know what the format will be when the president attends the cgi conference and when the republican presidential nominee attends? is it just speeches? do you have any idea what the s
in addition to bill clinton. mitt romney is going to speak, barack obama is going to speak. not surprising that the president is going to be at the bill clinton event, but mitt romney a little intriguing. what's going on? >> well, again, as i was saying before, i think cgi, the clinton global initiative is a worldwide platform. and it's nonpolitical. it's nonpartisan. he's looking to do the most good around the world as possible. it doesn't have a political point of view. he's trying to...
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new york senator kirsten gillibra gillibrand, donald trump and bill clinton have been among the class of pundits. the coauthor of "game change" said there is a 99.4% chan hillahil chance hillary will run for president in four years. maybe president obama isn't a strong enough advocate for women and hillary clinton might benefit from renewed focus on issues like abortion and birth control. ever the politician, the former president's leaving the door open for his wife to take a run. bill clinton says, quote, i believe she's being absolutely honest when she says she doesn't think she'll go back into politics, but if hillary changes her mind and decides to run for president he would, quote, be happy. for her part, hillary clinton says she doesn't want to serve a second term in the obama administration. pardon me. she wants to finish up as secretary of state and take time to reconnect with family and friends, hit the writing and speaking circuit, et cetera. hillary clinton says all of the talk about running for president is flattering, but she's not at all planning to do that. she says she
new york senator kirsten gillibra gillibrand, donald trump and bill clinton have been among the class of pundits. the coauthor of "game change" said there is a 99.4% chan hillahil chance hillary will run for president in four years. maybe president obama isn't a strong enough advocate for women and hillary clinton might benefit from renewed focus on issues like abortion and birth control. ever the politician, the former president's leaving the door open for his wife to take a run....
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clinton's poster wrote -- let me read a line from this. it raises questions about the strategy of the obama campaign right now. we will face, they say, impossible headwind in november if we do not move to a new narrative. it is elites who are creating conventional wisdom that an incumbent president must run on economic performance and therefore must create voters things are moving in the right direction. they are wrong. that will fail. it's pretty dire if you're a democrat hearing what these two strategists have to say. >> i don't think it's dire. i think it's good advice for taking the campaign to its next level. but look, barack obama just succeeded last month in restoring all the jobs that were lost prior to him becoming president. that was a big threshold to get over. the jobs are being restored slowly, much slower than they need to be. and, yes, he's got to be talking about where he's going. but we've already seen some of that. he's talking about needing to work with congress, that congress has not passed the jobs legislation that he'
clinton's poster wrote -- let me read a line from this. it raises questions about the strategy of the obama campaign right now. we will face, they say, impossible headwind in november if we do not move to a new narrative. it is elites who are creating conventional wisdom that an incumbent president must run on economic performance and therefore must create voters things are moving in the right direction. they are wrong. that will fail. it's pretty dire if you're a democrat hearing what these...
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clinton was in third place and these are not relevant numbers. illustrative numbers are obama's in the battleground states and they've yet to break the 50% threshold. so i've never been in an election in 30 years where the primary numbers were quantitative to the general election numbers. so let's have this conversation after labor day where it will have some meaning. >> there's still a lot of time, maria, between now and labor day, for these numbers to change dramatically and we see how quickly these numbers can change. >> this, i completely agree with mary. look, these numbers are great and i love them and i'm sure the campaign loves them and the white house loves them, but they understand the reality. we are months away from the election and this is just a snapshot in time. hopefully by labor day these numbers will be better for obama, but they certainly can't bank on that and that's why obama's out there every single day talking about how he's going create jobs and talking about how he's going to help those middle-class voters and the working
clinton was in third place and these are not relevant numbers. illustrative numbers are obama's in the battleground states and they've yet to break the 50% threshold. so i've never been in an election in 30 years where the primary numbers were quantitative to the general election numbers. so let's have this conversation after labor day where it will have some meaning. >> there's still a lot of time, maria, between now and labor day, for these numbers to change dramatically and we see how...
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my personal recommendation, whoever is the next president of the united states, they invite bill clinton to be the special middle east peace negotiator and he has credibility and -- >> took the words out of my mouth. i went with clinton in '98 to gaza and jerusalem and bethlehem and i saw him talk over the heads of both leadership and win people to his side. his problem was that he pushed too late. >> he did, but he gave everything he could -- >> never too late. peace is too important. >> look where we are. >> the reason it didn't work, it was the end of his presidency. >> let's look forward. >> let's get him involved in this peace process after this election. well, maybe republicans would be smart to do it. all right, guys, thanks for coming in. >>> a political reporter trying to get answers about a federal investigation gets doused with water. you'll find out why. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will
my personal recommendation, whoever is the next president of the united states, they invite bill clinton to be the special middle east peace negotiator and he has credibility and -- >> took the words out of my mouth. i went with clinton in '98 to gaza and jerusalem and bethlehem and i saw him talk over the heads of both leadership and win people to his side. his problem was that he pushed too late. >> he did, but he gave everything he could -- >> never too late. peace is too...
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bush, 54% for bill clinton and 50% for ronald reagan. the bottom line here is millions of americans continue to suffer under a weak economy. and if they don't get the idea that president obama is improving their economic lives, it could be a tough sell for him come november 6th. here's the question, should failing grades on the deficit, jobs and the economy cost president obama a second term? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on the "the situation room" facebook page. was it james carville told president clinton, it's the economy, stupid. >> yeah. that's a very famous one there. we heard it so many times over the years. thanks for that, jack. >> sure. >>> it's presidential politics gone wireless. "time" has a whole issue devoted to the topics ten ways your phone changing the world. joining us to talk about it "time" managing editor rick stengel. rick, one thing i found interesting in this wireless issue is the article about how elections are affected by mobile technology. how are the campaigns affec
bush, 54% for bill clinton and 50% for ronald reagan. the bottom line here is millions of americans continue to suffer under a weak economy. and if they don't get the idea that president obama is improving their economic lives, it could be a tough sell for him come november 6th. here's the question, should failing grades on the deficit, jobs and the economy cost president obama a second term? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile, post a comment on my blog. or go to our post on the "the situation...
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-- the bill clinton global initiative? the president will be there as well. >> reporter: wolf, we don't know at this point. that is one item that they are keeping very close to the vest and they've been doing that for several days now. on a conference call this morning, the romney senior adviser suggests that romney might be laying out new specifics suggesting that this might be a reboot to the campaign. but there's been sort of reboot after reboot after reboot, it will be interesting to see what mitt romney says to the clinton global initiative tomorrow because obviously this is not exactly friendly territory for mitt romney. bill clinton went after mitt romney at the democratic convention just a few weeks ago. so it will be all eyes on mitt romney, not only on what he says but his posture as well. >> how the interrelationship there is with the former president as well, given that speech he delivered at the democratic convention in charlotte. jim acosta, thanks very much. >>> president obama is already in new york city wh
-- the bill clinton global initiative? the president will be there as well. >> reporter: wolf, we don't know at this point. that is one item that they are keeping very close to the vest and they've been doing that for several days now. on a conference call this morning, the romney senior adviser suggests that romney might be laying out new specifics suggesting that this might be a reboot to the campaign. but there's been sort of reboot after reboot after reboot, it will be interesting to...
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. >> if you look at harry truman and john kennedy and the use of power by bill clinton in his second term, that is a much different approach than jimmy carter and barack obama. >> reporter: to put his vision into action, romney will have to win first, which explains why he made an impromptu stop at a nearby elementary school. at this stage of the race, the pictures matter almost as much as the policies. romney did mention the obama campaign's trump card on foreign policy, the killing of osama bin laden, but he seemed to give the credit to what he called, quote, military and intelligence professionals. romney will now shift back to the economy with campaign events coming up here in virginia and also in iowa and ohio. wolf? >> jim acosta, thank you. let's go back to gloria borger. what was mitt romney trying to accomplish with this marriage foreign policy speech today? >> well, i think he was trying to do a bunch of things. first of all, on the leadership question, trying to establish his credentials on foreign policy, as you know, he's made some mistakes when he's been off the cuff on
. >> if you look at harry truman and john kennedy and the use of power by bill clinton in his second term, that is a much different approach than jimmy carter and barack obama. >> reporter: to put his vision into action, romney will have to win first, which explains why he made an impromptu stop at a nearby elementary school. at this stage of the race, the pictures matter almost as much as the policies. romney did mention the obama campaign's trump card on foreign policy, the...
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president bush was already on the ropes against bill clinton when casper wine berger, former president ronald reagan's defense secretary, was implicated in the iran contra scandal shortly before election day. bad news that bush did not need. in 2004, a classic october surprise. osama bin laden released a video of october 29th, four days before election day, in a razor thin race between bush and kerry. three years after 9/11, itted as a reminder of the e terrorist threat. more recently, the term october surprise has come to mean a seismic event in the fall of an election year. though most have centered around foreign policy, others have been about the economy like in 2008. when the economy imploded, john mccain's advisers say his campaign collapsed along with it and never recovered. historians say in order for an october surprise to have a real 11th hour impact, it has the feed into a narrative that exists. whether it's carter's ineffectiveness or questions about mccain's credentials on the economy. >> it's not so much this eureka, this is so surprising and amazing, but rather, people n
president bush was already on the ropes against bill clinton when casper wine berger, former president ronald reagan's defense secretary, was implicated in the iran contra scandal shortly before election day. bad news that bush did not need. in 2004, a classic october surprise. osama bin laden released a video of october 29th, four days before election day, in a razor thin race between bush and kerry. three years after 9/11, itted as a reminder of the e terrorist threat. more recently, the term...
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i became speaker, and worked with bill clinton to cut taxes, cut regulations, develop american energy. when he was governor of massachusetts, he raised taxes, passed romney care. >> susan molnari has a campaign against you. it starts off like this. >> i served with newt gingrich in congress. newt gingrich had a leadership style that can only be described leadership by chaos. >> that's just the beginning of it. some of your other colleagues are going after you. how ugly is it going to get between now and saturday? >> well, i think given the track record, if you real what senator john mccain said and what governor huckabee, fred thompson, what rick san tore said two days ago, i think the romney campaign will say and do anything. the fact is that leadership style she talked about lid to the first big entitlement reform. it led to four consecutive balanced budgets. only time in your lifetime we had balanced budgets. led to the first tax cuts in 16 years, steepest capital gains tax cuts in history. unemployment dropped to 4.2%. i would say that's pretty darn good leadership style. only the
i became speaker, and worked with bill clinton to cut taxes, cut regulations, develop american energy. when he was governor of massachusetts, he raised taxes, passed romney care. >> susan molnari has a campaign against you. it starts off like this. >> i served with newt gingrich in congress. newt gingrich had a leadership style that can only be described leadership by chaos. >> that's just the beginning of it. some of your other colleagues are going after you. how ugly is it...
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that happened in the '90s with billi bill clinton. listen to what he says about the fiscal cliff? >> i think no deal is better than a bad deal. i think going off this cliff is less dangerous than letting things build up for a year or two. the president has staked out a position of nonseriousness, i think it's difficult for the house republicans right now to find any practical way to get his attention. >> he's saying go over the cliff rather than accept what the president wants right now. >> i don't need to remind you this is the house speaker who shut down the government and that didn't work so well for the republicans. going over the cliff is something i don't think they want to do earlier. as i keep saying, wolf. the irony to me here is that the larger issues are things they really understand how to resolve, if you look at all their proposals. they just can't get there, because they can't agree on this revenue issue. where does the revenue come from. do you raise the rates on the wealthy? if you do, how much? and that's actually in the whole realm of things a sticking point that
that happened in the '90s with billi bill clinton. listen to what he says about the fiscal cliff? >> i think no deal is better than a bad deal. i think going off this cliff is less dangerous than letting things build up for a year or two. the president has staked out a position of nonseriousness, i think it's difficult for the house republicans right now to find any practical way to get his attention. >> he's saying go over the cliff rather than accept what the president wants right...
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obviously bill clinton will be giving a powerful keynote address tomorrow night. a major address welcoming the president putting his name and nomination, if you will. but listen to what paul ryan, the republican vice presidential nominee, said. >> when it comes to jobs, president obama makes the jimmy carter years look like good old days. if we fired jimmy carter then, why would we rehire barack obama now? >> pretty bad, if you remember those days. but what do you think about this decision that the democrats made to honor -- he is a former sitting president of the united states. what would you have done? >> i have a special fondness for jimmy carter because this is a well-known secret but i was a liberal democrat growing up. because of jimmy carter i became a conservative democrat. and because of ronald reagan i changed parties after college and became a republican. the fascinating thing about history, you remember when you win that second term or not. jimmy carter didn't and he's been pretty much vilified to most american people. if president obama loses, that an
obviously bill clinton will be giving a powerful keynote address tomorrow night. a major address welcoming the president putting his name and nomination, if you will. but listen to what paul ryan, the republican vice presidential nominee, said. >> when it comes to jobs, president obama makes the jimmy carter years look like good old days. if we fired jimmy carter then, why would we rehire barack obama now? >> pretty bad, if you remember those days. but what do you think about this...
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bill clinton was on the "today" show today saying you should release more. as you know, during the republican primary, newt gingrich, rick santorum called for you to release taxes. those are leaders from both parties saying you should release more of your taxes. when are you going to release more of your taxes and how many years? >> i've indicated, first of all, we complied with the law. the law requires us to put out full financial disclosure. that i have done. in addition to that, i have already put out one year of tax returns, we will put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready, that's what we're going to put out. i know there will always be calls for more. people always want to get more. we're putting out what is required plus more that is not required, and those are the two years people are going to have. and that's all that's necessary for people to understand something about my finances. and look, if people believe this should be a campaign about attacking one another on a personal basis and go back to the kinds of
bill clinton was on the "today" show today saying you should release more. as you know, during the republican primary, newt gingrich, rick santorum called for you to release taxes. those are leaders from both parties saying you should release more of your taxes. when are you going to release more of your taxes and how many years? >> i've indicated, first of all, we complied with the law. the law requires us to put out full financial disclosure. that i have done. in addition to...
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bill clinton sealed a millennium time capsule with a twinkie inside. jon stewart served one to the then president of pakistan. >> this is an american delicacy that's called a twinkie. >> i remember putting hot dogs inside of them. >> we actually made those using the twinkie as a bun drizzled with cheese whiz. you can divide the world into opposing camps. >> they give me a stomach ache. they're kind of disgusting. >> it's just a delicious log of joy. >> part of the joy has been to torture the log. nerds have dropped it six floors. on cake spy they dreamed up 51 ways to kill a twinkie, ranging from crush it in a cell phone to feed it to a snake to make it listen to randi new man -- to randy new man. it was the star of the golden twinkie awards. >> twinkies make poor door stops. >> twinkies don't make good wind chimes. >> everyone knows there are only two things that can survive a nuclear holocaust. cockroaches and twinkies. >> thanks to a now retired science teacher in maine, who saved one as a class project, we know what an almost 40-year-old twinkie lo
bill clinton sealed a millennium time capsule with a twinkie inside. jon stewart served one to the then president of pakistan. >> this is an american delicacy that's called a twinkie. >> i remember putting hot dogs inside of them. >> we actually made those using the twinkie as a bun drizzled with cheese whiz. you can divide the world into opposing camps. >> they give me a stomach ache. they're kind of disgusting. >> it's just a delicious log of joy. >> part...
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it's not unusual to former president bill clinton and george w. bush also did it, but -- and this is a big but -- but mr. obama ran on the most sweeping ethics reform intoic in 2008 and quick to criticize the role money plays in politics, except i guess when it's time to raise money for his reelection. the more things change in washington, the more they don't change at all. here's the question should campaign fund-raisers be invited to for foreign dignitaries. post a comment on my blog or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. here's a hint -- no. >> you think there will be a whole bunch more state dinners between now and november? >> hard to tell, you know, but this is a nice what to pay these folks back. the white house belongs to us. we just let the president live there, but in fairness, as you pointed out -- >> i just say they all do it. that doesn't mean it's right. >> they all have done it. >> if we all go down to the corner and rob the liquor store, the last guy in is just as guilty as the first guy. >> thanks, jack. jack w
it's not unusual to former president bill clinton and george w. bush also did it, but -- and this is a big but -- but mr. obama ran on the most sweeping ethics reform intoic in 2008 and quick to criticize the role money plays in politics, except i guess when it's time to raise money for his reelection. the more things change in washington, the more they don't change at all. here's the question should campaign fund-raisers be invited to for foreign dignitaries. post a comment on my blog or go to...
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president obama right now, he's not doing what bill clinton did. is that a fair criticism? >> no, i don't think it's a fair criticism because in the summer of 1998 when milosevic started the ethnic cleansing in kosovo, we did not take military action, what we did do is we took a series of warning measures and richard holbrooke talked to milosevic and i talked to milosevic and he assured us nothing was happening and he was doing it anyway and exactly the same thing assad was doing. we're at the point now where the mobilization is going to occur if there is a political opposition in syria or outside of syria representing syrians around which we can work. there was such a group in kosovo. we had a president. we had the kosovo liberation army. so the president had -- he had the support of his people. he was internationally recognized and even milosevic dealt with him, so it wasn't a political vacuum. the opposition in syria right now, there are a lot of brave people in there. we honor what they stand for. it's absolutely wrong what the assad regime is
president obama right now, he's not doing what bill clinton did. is that a fair criticism? >> no, i don't think it's a fair criticism because in the summer of 1998 when milosevic started the ethnic cleansing in kosovo, we did not take military action, what we did do is we took a series of warning measures and richard holbrooke talked to milosevic and i talked to milosevic and he assured us nothing was happening and he was doing it anyway and exactly the same thing assad was doing. we're...
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we heard hillary clinton was called some of the worst things. >> right, same -- >> and rush limbaugh, rush limbaugh has a history. bill, we're not trying to figure out who has the greatest list of -- >> no, donna, i'm just looking for consistency. rush apologized twice, and i think that was the right thing to do. we'd like to see the same thing. it wasn't more on -- it was chris matthews on hillary. >> it was 46 times he called her personal attacks. but i agree with you, this has been a distraction, he's apologized now publicly to ms. fluke. let's see if we have better decency and standards when it comes to women. >> i'm for that. one standard, civility across the board. >> all across the board. >> thank you both. >>> a high school valedictorian facing deportation. >> i've lived here since i was 4 years old and i consider myself american, and just want to live the american dream. >> there are new developments to the case attracting national attention. >>> and leon panetta and senator mccain go head to head. we have gee tails of a rather tense senate hearing. [ male announcer ] if you
we heard hillary clinton was called some of the worst things. >> right, same -- >> and rush limbaugh, rush limbaugh has a history. bill, we're not trying to figure out who has the greatest list of -- >> no, donna, i'm just looking for consistency. rush apologized twice, and i think that was the right thing to do. we'd like to see the same thing. it wasn't more on -- it was chris matthews on hillary. >> it was 46 times he called her personal attacks. but i agree with you,...